The Washington Nationals got a gem from Jake Irvin and wasted it. In a long season, games like last night happens. It felt like a playoff game. The Nats were winning 1-0 until they lost 2-1 in extra innings. Their 1-for-10 in RISP situations was just part of the problem. Today’s a new day to get a Curly W.
The Nats need to go 4-8 or better to beat their 2023 win total. How great would that be to finish in the mid-70’s for a win total? For the remainder of the season, the Nats will face teams with winning records with postseason aspirations on the line.
The Nats are deep underdogs today, at +140 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100 you would win $140. Bet $10.00 and you win $14.00.
Nats’ manager Dave Martinez did not get to use Kyle Finnegan last night. He went to Derek Law as the first reliever used, and he blew the lead. In came Jose A. Ferrer who was spectacular. Tanner Rainey, Zach Brzykcy, and Joe La Sorsa have not pitched in four days. Jacob Barnes took the loss in extra innings.
Manager Dave Martinez said yesterday that he would like to seed Trevor Williams back into the rotation this weekend against the Cubs. If that happens, Williams would get two starts to finish the season. Without Williams, this is how the rotation is setup:
- Tuesday: Mitchell Parker vs. Mets
- Wednesday: DJ Herz vs. Mets
- Thursday: Patrick Corbin vs. Cubs
- Friday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Cubs
- Saturday: Jake Irvin vs. Cubs
- Sunday: Parker vs. Cubs
- Monday: Day-off September 23
- Tuesday: Herz vs. Royals
- Wednesday: Corbin vs. Royals
- Thursday: Gore vs. Royals
- Friday: Irvin vs. Phillies
- Saturday: Parker vs. Phillies
- Sunday: Herz vs. Phillies (Final Game of the Season)
Your top Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR leaderboard has Luis Garcia Jr. at a WAR of +3.0, and Jacob Young at +2.7. CJ Abrams is at +1.6 WAR. There are 30 Nats’ players in positive WAR with another 7. Finally, Keibert Ruiz has worked his way back from -0.8 just last month to a positive +0.1 now.
“Couldn’t get those couple runs we needed. … we just couldn’t drive in any runs. … It came down to some key at-bats, and we couldn’t get the job done.”“We’ve got to get the ball in the strike zone. We can’t chase. … Today, we swung at some pitches out of the zone with two strikes, and we hit the ball on the ground when we should’ve hit the ball in the air.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.36 and 22nd in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.45
No. 4 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.29
No. 3 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.17
No. 2 Starter: Jake Irvin 4.07
No. 1 Starter: DJ Herz 3.70
Washington Nationals vs. New York Mets
Stadium: CitiField, New York, New York
1st Pitch: 7:10 pm EDT
TV: MASN
Radio: 106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app; In Spanish on DC 87.7 FM and La Pantera 100.7 FM/1220 AM. On Sirius/XM, tune to Channel 89 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
Line-up subject to change (without notice):
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